tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post115568430620753569..comments2024-01-26T05:38:57.981+08:00Comments on Iloilo City Boy: The Myth of the “Omnicompetent Citizen”Oliver M. Mendozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777385741632252224noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post-1155763399658977602006-08-17T05:23:00.000+08:002006-08-17T05:23:00.000+08:00Parliamentary form of government works if the part...Parliamentary form of government works if the parties are strong.Normally there are three parties that are the major players.A party with conservative ideas and principles, another one is the party with liberal ideals and the third, most of the time the weak party is an independent.In the Philippines we don't have these kind of parties, politicians have no principles or ideas that they can Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post-1155746674143150782006-08-17T00:44:00.000+08:002006-08-17T00:44:00.000+08:00I suppose that a Member of Parliament will be at t...I suppose that a Member of Parliament will be at the Congressman range (8 to 50 million as mentioned above) in terms of campaign expenses so what you forecast will happen in the case of Members of Parliament should by your reasoning already be happening today with the Members of the House. After all, we've had the House in its present form for the past 20 years. We would then expect to have cvjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00327799000000108953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post-1155744097713439622006-08-17T00:01:00.000+08:002006-08-17T00:01:00.000+08:00Think about this; campaign expenses have become to...Think about this; campaign expenses have become too pricey. Candidates for the following offices have to raise the following amounts for their campaigns:<BR/> <BR/> President- P500 million to P1 <BR/> billion <BR/> Senator - P100 to P500 million<BR/> Congressman - P8 to P50 million<BR/> Governor - P10 to P50 million<BR/> City Mayor - P5 to 30 million<BR/> Oliver M. Mendozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06777385741632252224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post-1155742114590418672006-08-16T23:28:00.000+08:002006-08-16T23:28:00.000+08:00Even in strong political Party system of Parliamen...Even in strong political Party system of Parliamentary government individual candidates are allowed election spending with equal maximum limit, considering that there are candidates that are not affiliated to any party. for more on limitations on contributions and expendintures relating to elections check Postigo Luna's comelec ako and navigate to botante Kami. I posted some there from the vichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02713410142846357673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post-1155738815106305322006-08-16T22:33:00.000+08:002006-08-16T22:33:00.000+08:00Thanks for the explanation, but i'm still unclear ...Thanks for the explanation, but i'm still unclear as to what specific rule change or changes contained in the proposed constitution will provide incentives to focus on party-oriented instead of personality-oriented politics. Are there campaign-finance or party-finance related rules in the proposed charter?cvjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00327799000000108953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post-1155738210544135192006-08-16T22:23:00.000+08:002006-08-16T22:23:00.000+08:00Under the current system, parties are "weak" - mea...Under the current system, parties are "weak" - meaning politicians do not owe their victories to the party since they spend their own money for their campaigns. It's an "each man for himself, bahala ka sa political career mo" system. Politicians today are more preoccupied with where to get the money to finance their next campaign rather than issues and party policy advocacies. As such, the Oliver M. Mendozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06777385741632252224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post-1155734521116652572006-08-16T21:22:00.000+08:002006-08-16T21:22:00.000+08:00I'm curious as to what makes you confident that th...I'm curious as to what makes you confident that the following scenario as described above will happen:<BR/><BR/>"Under the parliamentary system, talented individuals with no political pedigree or financial resources would have a better chance in getting elected because it will be the party which will choose their candidates and shoulder their campaign expenses. Once in Parliament, an cvjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00327799000000108953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post-1155692302620459282006-08-16T09:38:00.000+08:002006-08-16T09:38:00.000+08:00In the Philippines setting, it is the Politician t...In the Philippines setting, it is the Politician that are the least trusted. So why is the proposed cha-cha leave the choosing of the PM to the elected representatives?<BR/><BR/>In a Parliamentary system as I have known it, the Leader of the party declared winner of the last eletion is the Prime Minister. And the voters choose to send more of that party members to Parliament for that Idea. That vichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02713410142846357673noreply@blogger.com